Overwatch Competitive Season Seven Underway

Competitive play for Overwatch has restarted again, for the seventh time since its release date last year. Enthusiasts across all platforms, those of PC, Playstation 4 and Xbox One are currently grinding for their spot in the new season. Officially, the new season commenced on the 31st October, a spooky start too. 

Since then, players have been given 10 placement matches to complete, just like last season, to see where they stand skill-wise. Even if you don't place too well, Blizzard still rewards all participating players with a unique spray and icon. Those talented enough to reach the top 500 mark, on their respective platform and region, get an extra set of spray and icon so you can tell absolutely everybody that you made it in the top 500. Apart from these novelties, pivotal competitive points are also handed out corresponding to performance, allowing players to increase their own collections of golden weapons. 

However, if these in-game rewards don't float your boat, there is one other option. Blizzard will soon be hosting the third season of Overwatch's Open Division tournament. Here, every keen gamer is welcome to test his luck and maybe find a way forwards. Below is how Blizzard describes it all:

"It's an entry-level program for aspiring professionals and a place for aspiring professionals to test the waters. Teams face off against others in their region in a weekly tournament format."

Matches and qualifications for the open tournament start momentarily, that is, 6th November and work their way throughout December to finish on the 10th. A total number of 8 teams would be the result of the distillation and these will all move on to the playoffs to take place December 16th to 17th. As of right now, signing up is as easy as going over to Overwatch's Open Division website: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/esports/open_division. Maybe a Maltese team could pull through? Who knows?